Comparison is always true... Why?

[CPPNoob2013]

Here's my code.

if (letter3.compare("\n")==1){
PrintCharacterLineEnd();
return main();
cin.get();}

letter3 is a string. I want the program to do the function when letter3 contains the text "\n". However, even with letter3 is not "\n" it's doing the function.

How can I fix this?

[andywestken]

How can I fix this?

Read the help about string::compare
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/compare/

and then string::find
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/find/

Both have example code.

Andy

PS And while you're there, you check out any string methods that look interesting (see the list on the lower left.)